How Often Should You Cut your Hair?

What should be the time period of a regular haircut, a woman should have? We all have been grown up to a myth that states the period of 6 to 8 weeks is an ideal time for regular haircut (for all hair types). But with all the advancement in the field of health and beauty, these basic concepts too are being changed. How can we apply a single rule for all types of hair with different lengths? The span of haircut should differ with each hair type. To know more about it, read on the info given below.

Why We Need to Trim our Hair?

There is a misconception that has befooled a number of generation and it’s still going strong (hope it wouldn’t be, after reading this). According to it, the more you cut your hair, the longer it will become. So, in the desire to have long (Rapunzel-like) hair, we keep on cutting or trimming our hair, and we hardly get that. But at the same time, we can’t deny the benefits of a regular haircut. Haircut is good for healthy and strong hair and you must have it according to your hair type. [Read here: Top 5 Methods to Get rid of Split Ends]

What’s the Best Time to Trim your Hair?

The basic problem with a woman’s hair is the split ends. Unlike the theory of 6 to 8 weeks’ regular haircut period, I would suggest you to opt for 3 to 4 month’s period particularly when you have long hair with a certain style. According to hair experts, it’s about a 3 months’ time when you start to experience a decay in the ends of the hair and we finally get to see the split ends. To get split ends free and healthy hair, you are advised to see your hair dresser within 12 to 16 weeks (3 to 4 months approx.)

Does Season Make any Difference?

According to Felicia Leatherwood, the dryness of cold weather and roughness of winter clothes, both combine to create more rough ends to your hair. Here is what she has to say; “Trim about an 1/2 in every 8-10 weeks between the months of October – March”. At the same time, you should also avoid leaving your hair open around your neck (so they do not come in contact with winter staples like a scarf or turtleneck, to avoid rough ends), opting for a high ponytail is the best option for spine chilling cold weather. But this rule is not applicable for the women living in the areas with a moderate climatic condition. Only those, living in rigidly cold temperature should opt for this trimming schedule.

What’s the Effect of Blow Drying or Dyeing the Hair?

Heat styling and dyeing the hair is getting common now. Both tend to damage the natural health of your hair. Women who opt for both these options are more likely to witness dry and damaged hair, particularly the split ends. For all such cases, a period of 6 to 8 weeks is good enough for the trimming of hair.

Get a Haircut According to the Hair type

Each hair type should have its own rules to have a regular haircut. Let’s see how often should you have your haircut.

Some women experience a rapid growth of hair as compared to the other. In such cases, you would have to maintain your hairstyle every now and then. So, the sooner you find the abnormal growth of hair or ruining of your hairstyle, you can opt for a new haircut.

Girls who carry a short hair cut would have to manage their hair more frequently. Otherwise, it becomes hard to maintain a short haircut.

Long hair is more fragile and need haircut after 10 to 12 weeks. But if you want to maintain lengthy hair, 12 to 16 weeks (like said earlier), is the best time.

Natural hair come with a different level of growth. We all know, these are slow in growth. If you want to maintain a specific length, get them trimmed after every 3 to 4 months. But if you want to add length to them, the period of 4 to 6 months is good enough.

Having curly hair, you are going to witness more tangling and knotting in your hair within a couple of weeks of getting haircut. So, being a girl with curly hair, if you find extra tangles and frizzes in your hair, just know, it’s time to get a haircut.

Processed hair need more care and attention. Dyeing, highlighting and straightening, all these hair procedures tend to damage the natural health and growth of the hair. Even if you don’t find any signs of damage on the hair, you are advised to get your locks trimmed each time you visit your stylist to get some style.

What if you have Healthy Hair?

Do we need frequent haircut or trimming even if we have healthy and beautiful look hair? NO!! Healthy hair in long and mid-length do not need to be trimmed every now and then. Trimming them 4 to 5 times in a year is quite enough. Let’s see what Tanya Abriol, the famous hairstylist has to say in this regard— “When you like to have your hair longer than your shoulders, layered or not, and it’s been longer than three months, your shape has completely grown out, and you’re ready for a new one.”

What if you Don’t Get a Haircut?

We are often asked this question by some lazy girls or housewives who find it hard to travel all the way to a hairdresser and get the trim. Haircut ensures health and if you don’t get it on regular basis, the split ends would keep on multiplying, leaving your hair in an irreversibly damaged condition.

Conclusion: Getting haircut is important and we all need it according to our specific hair types. Some need it more while some need it less. And those who do not follow a regular haircut routine, must be ready for long lasting damage for their hair. We hope the recommendations given above would be helpful enough for the women with different hair type. [Read here: Best Haircuts for Thick Hair]